Harmon you have once again showed what a poor reporter you truly are. BYU shows
just as much animosity and hatred as Utah shows BYU. You show us all how blind
Cougar nation is, thinking how they are better than the rest of us. I'm
amazed...

Antoher good article Mr. Harmon. The personal interest stories from the players
are great in rivalry week. I am hopeful the Jan Jorgenson and the rest of the
Cougars have a great game, no one on either side get hurt and they all play very
well. Cougars by 3, 24 - 21.

Way to cherry-pick those quotes Mr. Harmon. Zoobs have been drinking this
Kool-aid for a while. I honestly don't know why they still think, let alone say
anything about "caring less." When their actions say SO much more.

Just last year when I held my nose and went to the U/Y hoop game in Provo, I'm
sitting behind some guy with a Y ball cap on that has "4th and 18" embroidered
into the back. Are you kidding me?! And, they don't care about the rivalry,
right?

I still see "Harline's still open" coming out of zoob pie
holes. I recall some zoobies taking that sign to where the Utes plane landed in
Oregon last season before the OSU game.

Trust me, they care. It won't
help them much this year, but they care very much. When they say they don't
care, it's in years they know they'll likely lose, like some 5-year-old on the
playground.

Attention Dick Harmon: The University of Utah was founded in 1850 under the
direction of Brigham Young, territorial governor. To suggest that the coaches
at Utah (three of which are former BYU players) spend all year hyping this game
due to some pychosis, that it has anything to do with religion, or to be so
ignorant to think that any college football fan - let alone a Cougar fan -
doesn't get into their rivalry contest for any reason, is absurd. Please stick
to politics. Sports is obviously not your thing.

Ahhhhhh, Dick..... Welcome to 2008. The series is tied 10-10 over the last 20
years. The current players wouldn't remember the series being one-sided. The
programs have been equal for two decades.

"Utah's philosophy on
defense and offense is designed to take advantage of BYU weaknesses." Ummmm,
Utah's philosophy on defense is to stop their opponents. They have 13 of them
throughout the year. Utah's philosophy on offense is designed to keep their
opponents off balance and to attack their weaknesses. Again, Utah has 13 teams
they prepare for.

Your statement is true for this week. The
statement is also true if you switch the school names around. BYU will also
attempt to take advantage of Utah's weaknesses.

If you don't think
the Y gets up for the games at the same level as the U then I'm guessing you
never played a game of football in your life. Both teams have the same level of
passion and are equally motivated for this game.

Read the blogs and
you will find the fans are the same on both sides. It's called a rivalry. This
rivalry was once controlled by the U, then by the Y, now it's equal.

U and Y students mostly come from Utah and are mostly Mormon. The main
difference is most Utes live at home with Mom. From outside Utah, you guys all
look alot alike. I love the play at religious differences. Big deal from where I
stand...

You are absolutely a byu homer and a very poor writer. I for one are soooooo
glad you are pro byu and anti Utah.

The level of passion is equal
from the coaching staffs to the players on each team.

This is byu's
BCS game. It's a huge game for them.

This is Utah's opportunity to
go to their 2nd BCS game in four years. It's a huge game for them.

Wake up and join us in the year 2008. 1984 is nearly a quarter of a century
past. Ronald Reagan was in his 1st term as president and none of the current
players were born. Utah's domination ended 40 years ago and BYU's ended 20
years ago.

This game means exactly the same to both teams, period.
If you pulled out a GPS and actually found your way to the U, you would find
their current players would downplay the rivalry to the media as well.

Once again, your article reflects YOUR true feeling.

Your article
would have been fine if published in the late 70s or during the 80s but doesn't
make sense in 2008.

Dick is calling it how he sees it. I'm a die-hard Cougar fan too, and it seems
the BYU players don't get as fired up as the Utes. I imagine it has something to
do with age but Utah has its share of RMs too.

The fans on the other
hand are a different story ... No difference. This is a fun rivalry.

You forgot to mention the significant body of BYU fans who are sick of being
accused of "playing the church card" and "thinking we're better than everyone
else". To all Ute fans, LDS and non-: can we stick to football please?

This player saying that Utah fans hate them because the Y has dominated the U
for so long..PLEASE.. the last 20 year has not been domination. actually 2004 is
what you call domination, 50+ points. The point is that Utah fans hate any Y
zombies because they say dumb things like this, "we have dominated you". IT IS
THIS SELF RIGHTEOUS AND ARROGANT attitude that we hate. We Utes trash talk as
well, but we don't pretend to be anything but rabid fans. Essays like this Dick,
insinuate that the kewgs are so well behaved and non affected, when they have
BIG mouths like this jeorgensen dude.

I don't know where you are getting this, BYU fans and players are just as much
into the Holy War as the Ute fans. The passion for this rivalry is what makes it
so great. Do some research about the rivalry next time.

Why does Utah hate BYU? It is because of a double standard. If a Utah player
spent time in jail,(as some have and probably will again--not a slam, just a
fact), it is no big deal.No one expects any better from Utah! At BYU,a player
who had these problems wouldn't make the student body, let alone the team. Now
before you start throwing names of BYU players who did bad things, I hasten to
point out that not only did most of them get booted, sometimes the coach did as
well. If a BYU player or fan looses his cool and says something of does
something the least bit "inappropriate", everyone from Utah (and other places)
points their fingers and shouts, "hypocrite". If a Utah player steps out of
line, so what? Why do some BYU fans hate U of U? Have you ever gone to a game in
RES if you are a BYU fan? Last time I was there,we are treated to drunk, X rated
Utah fans and my family and I vowed never to go back.So much for "hated'
rivalries.

What a funny article. I can appreciate that Harmon "bleeds blue" and that is
where this is coming from. But really? The writer tries to make an emperical
assessment of something as subjective and malleable as which fans bring more
vitriole to the rivalry? Not only is the whole premise of this column
ridiculous, but the writer then attempts to add varnish to the false veneer by
quoting how BYU players "feel" going into Rice Eccles.

The truth
is, BYU has been out of the national spotlight for a long time. True, they had
a few weeks this season carrying the banner of potential BCS buster, but that
quickly faded. The only real noteriety either school has received came in 2004
and now, with Utah on the cusp of another BCS return this year. Both times the
Utes have been the center of national attention, not BYU. So yeah, Utah must
envy BYU and that is why they are passionate about the rivalry. If that sort of
envy gets a team a BCS bowl win and puts them in position for another--I'll take
it, with deleusions of BYU fans in tow.

When I first started attending BYU in 1989 as a freshman coming from the Seattle
area I had never even heard of the University of Utah. I later thought that
Utah State and Utah were one in the same school. I attended BYU with several
other out of state students who thought the same. That would partially explain
to me why the rivalry isn't as big of a deal to BYU students.

The way Utah fans have responded to Mr. Harmon's article proves how
overwhelmingly one-side the hatred is.

btw, I see the Utes are
counting the spring 1896 scrimmage in their win total; just shows how deparate
they are for any win. When is the U going to stop counting their wins over high
schools and intramural teams in their overall record?